Connection for rail-joints.



E. LEVEILLE. CONNECTION FOR RAIL JOINTS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 31. 1913.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Q 3 er: Ednweveill EDMONDLEVEILLE, or sannxvi, MASSACHUSETTS. r

CONNECTION non R'AiL-J'OINT S.

I To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDMOND LEVEILLE, a citizen of the United States of America, and

a resident of Salem, in the County of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connections for Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for connecting the abutting ends of car rails, the object being to provide a means for effectually preventing the breaking down of the joint by the constant hammering thereon of the wheels of passing trains. 4

The invention consists of certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be readily understood by reference to the description of the drawings and to the claims hereinafter given.

Of the drawings, Figure 1 represents a plan of a device embodying the features of the present invention applied to two abutting rails. Fig. 2 represents an elevation of the same, and Fig. 3 represents a vertical section of the same, the cutting plane being on line 3*?) on Fig. 1.

Similar characters designate like parts throughout the drawings.

In the drawings, 1010 are two rails the ends of which abut at 11. Adjacent to the end of each rail a portion of the tread surface is cut away as indicated at 12 forming recesses therein. At the ends of each rail the web 13 has projecting from one face thereof beneath the recesses '12 a rib 14 the upper and lower walls of which are inclined as indicated in Figs. 2 and 3. Opposite this ribbed face of the web 13 is positioned a side member 15 fitting the depression in that side of the rail 10, this side member 15 having formed integral therewith a bottom plate 16 on which the flanged bottom 17 of the rail 12 rests. The side member 15 is provided with a groove 18 extending longitudinallythereof, the upper and lower side walls of which are inclined and adapted to fit over the inclined walls of the projecting rib 1 1 formed integral with the web 13 of the rail 10. The web 13 is provided with a plurality of longitudinal slots 19 through each of which extends a bolt 20, this bolt being provided with the squared portion 21 fitted to an opening through the side member 15. The opposite end of each bolt 20 is threaded and extends through the side member 22 fitted to the depression on the opposite side Specification of Letters Patent. Patented'July' 20, 1915. Application filed May 31, 1913. serial a 771,103. A I

of each rail 10 betwee'n the upper and lower flanges thereof. A nut 23 is threadedto'thef end of each bolt 20 and locks the side members l5 and 2 2 firmly together between the upper and lowerfiangesofthe rail 10, It

is is obvious that by turning the nuts23/ theside member 15 may be drawn'toward the web 13 and more firmly looked upon the wedge-shaped projection 14 thereof. The side members 15 and 22 extend from one rail 10 to the other rail 10, making a rigid connecthis extension conforming to the tread sur- 1 face of the rails 10. As the trains pass over.

the rails 10 the wheels are prevented by this upward extension 24 from hammering the joint, wearing down the head, and loosening the connections between the'rails. The bottom plate 16 rests upon cross ties 26 and is secured thereto by means of the spikes 27 and 28. The spikes 27 are positioned in notches 29 formed in the outwardly extending flange of the member 15. The spikes 28 t are positioned in notches 30 in the edge of the outwardly extending flange of the mem: ber 22 and extend through openings .31 formed in the'bottom plate 16. By means of these spikes 27 and 28 which bearupon the upper surfaces of the outwardly extending flanges of the members 15 and 22 all of the connecting members are rigidly secured 1 together and to the ties 26, thelower faces of rail in the same plane with the upper face 1 of the extension 24: under all conditions.

The fact that thebottoms of the abutting rails rest upon a bottom plate formed integral with the side member 15 and extending from one rail to the other assists in accomplishing this same result. g It is believed that the operation and many advantages of the invention will'be fully understood from the foregoingdescription. Having thus described my invention, I claim: V

In a device of the class described, the combination with two abutting rails having on one side thereof alined ribs tapering outwardly and recesses in the abutting heads; of a side member for said rails having a vertical extension fitting said recesses, a longitudinal groove, With inclined Walls, to receive said ribs, an outwardly extending flange and a horizontal plate extending from the outer edge of said flange and adapted to support said rails; a side member for the opposite sides of said rails provided at its lower edge with an outwardly extending flange and having the upper and loweredges inclined to conform With the inner faces of the upper and lower flanges of said rails; bolts extending through elongated slots in the Webs of said rails for locking said side members together and forcing the upper and lower inclined edges into contact With the inclined inner faces of the upper and loWer flanges of said rails; tWo sets of members for securing the rails to a cross tie, each set being provided With heads engaging the out- Wardly extending flange of one of said side members; and means for positioning said members.

Signed by me at. 43 Post QfliceSq, Boston. Mass, this 26th day of May, 1913.

EDMOND LEVEILLE.

Witnesses WALTER E, LOMBARD, NATHAN C. LOMBARD.

Copies of this patent. may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner 015 Patents, Washington, D. G. 

